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Attendees List
SYMPOSIUM JOINT SESSIONS
Invited Presentations
NASA’s Optical Communications Program for 2017 and Beyond Dr. Don Cornwell, NASA
Breakthrough Starshot: A Technology Challenge for the 21st Century Dr. Bob Fugate, Breakthrough Starshot
Technology Transitions (Employment / HEL Systems / M&S Conferences)
Integration and System Readiness Sean Ross, Air Force Research Laboratory/RDLA & SAF/AQR
Investigation and Selection of Inert Substitutes for the Energetic Content of Munitions in High Energy Laser Effects Research Jordan Johnson, US Military Academy
The Effects of Rotation and Inert Thermal Sinks on the Laser Heating of Cold Rolled Steel PAPER Daniel Mauldin, L. O’Neill, J. E. Johnson, T. Kreidler, J. Lamb, R. Huffman, I. De Mallie, F. Arnold, L. A. Florence, D. E. Riegner, N.F. Fell, G. Tamm, J. Hartke, D. O. Kashinski, US Military Academy
Multi-Platform High Energy Lasers (MP-HEL) Erika Urena, Nicholas Child, Wayne Kuntz, Christopher Lujan, John Robideau, Matthew Schmid, Naval Postgraduate School
Employment and HEL Systems
LaWS Reliability: 2 Years Deployed Onboard the USS PONCE Jason Bickford, Christopher Lujan, Matthew Vaerewyck, Julian Niderost, Cameron Sorlie, Jeremiah Lange, NAVSEA
ATL Lessons for Tactical Airborne HEL Weapon Systems Bryan Kelchner, Teknicare, Inc. and Charles Helms, USAF AFMC AFLCMC/XZWA
High Power Adaptive Directed Energy System (HADES) Performance Projections for HEL Weapon Systems Jeffrey Barchers, Nutronics, Inc.
Operationalizing Directed Energy David Stoudt, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
Poster Session
Vector Modulation of RF Signals for Meta Current Sheet Phased Array Antennas Jonathon Jerothe, Janusz Murakowski, Dennis Prather, University of Delaware
A Dual-Frequency, Folded-Topology, Dielectric Waveguide Lens Antenna Randy Curry, Barrett Lamb, David Bryan, Justin Legarsky, Kevin O’Connor, Kenneth McDonald, and Sarah Mounter, University of Missouri
DE MODELING AND SIMULATION CONFERENCE
Full Kill Chain M&S
Using Climatology and Numerical Weather Models for Ground-Based HEL Air Defense Steven Fiorino, Linda Lamberson, Kevin Keefer, Doug Rigdon, Jaclyn Schmidt, Elizabeth Matchefts, Brannon Elmore, Air Force Institute of Technology/ENP
Modeling the High Energy Laser Heating of a Rotating Target PAPER Tsu Kreidler, Gunnar Tamm, Nicholas Fell, Louis Florence, John Hartke, David Kashinski, US Military Academy
Weather & Atmospheric
Anisotropy Safari Jack McCrae, Matt Current Jr., Kevin Lee, Santasri Bose-Pillai, Steve Fiorino, Air Force Institute of Technology /ENP
Weather Cubes and 4D Visualizations of Atmospheric and Radiative Effects Steven Fiorino, Jarred Burley, Brannon Elmore, Jaclyn Schmidt, Air Force Institute of Technology/ENP
An Examination of Tatarskii-Based Tropospheric Cn2 Models Using NWP and Radiosondes Steve Hammel, Eric Hallenborg, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific and Paul Frederickson, Naval Postgraduate School and Annette Walker, Anthony Bucholtz, Naval Research Laboratory, SPAWAR Systems Center
Assessment of Cn2 Turbulence Models using High Frequency Airborne Measurements Eric Hallenborg, Ted Rogers, Stephen Hammel, SPAWAR Systems Center – Pacific and Paul Frederickson, Naval Postgraduate School and Tracy Haack, Naval Research Laboratory
Atmospheric Propagation
A Rapid Method for Accurate Modeling of HEL Propagation Sami Shakir, Tau Technologies and Dan Cargill , Rick Berdine, Rich Carreras, AFRL/RDL
Wave Optics Modeling of Laser Systems Using DE HSAI Supercomputing Capabilities Steve Coy, Greg Gershanok, Timelike Systems
Equivalent Beam Concept for General Wave-Propagation Scaling Law Modeling Sami Shakir, Tau Technologies and Dan Cargill , Rick Berdine, Rich Carreras, AFRL/RDL
CFD for Aero-Optics Effects
CFD Simulation of Canonical Turret Shapes PAPER David Weston, Scott Sherer, Air Force Research Laboratory
CFD Analysis of a Canonical Shape Michael Frede, Air Force Research Laboratory /RQVA and Scott Sherer, AFRL/RQVA and Fisher Bertke, USAFA Dept. of Aeronautics
Wargaming & Mission Analysis
3D DE Models for AFSIM Mission Level Virtual M&S and Advanced Concepts Event 2017 (ACE-17) Rudy Martinez, AFRL/RDMW
ATL Performance Modeling and Predictions Steven Griffin, Boeing-DES and Bryan Kelchner, Teknicare, Inc and Richard Bagnell, USAF AFRL/RDL
Mission-Level HEL Implementation in the Kill Chain for Area Defense Ross Dudley, AEgis Technologies Group, AFRL/RDMW
DE TEST AND EVALUATION CONFERENCE
DE T&E Conference Session
HEL Field Test Forensic Analysis Using High Fidelity Laser Propagation Scaling Law Model and V&V - Atmospheric Characterization Code Kathryn O’Connor, Steven Fiorino, James Bowers, Kevin Keefer, Air Force Institute of Technology/ENP
Measuring Currents Inside a Computer Under Attack Using the Differential-Mode Optically-Based Current Sensor (DOCS) Jeffrey Schleher, American Systems and John Shannon, DEWO and John Whitaker, Kyoung Yang, Advanced Fiber Sensors, Inc
Lifetime Testing of High Energy Density Metalized Film Capacitors Seth Miller, D. Phillip Coleman, W. Kenneth Struve, Matthew LaCour, William Hicks, Sandia National Laboratories
Atmospheric Phenomena
Compensation in the Presence of Deep Turbulence Using Tiled-Aperture Architectures Mark Spencer, Robert Raynor, Dan Marker, Air Force Research Laboratory and Terry Brennan, Prime Plexus
Digital Holography Wave-Front Sensing in the Pupil-Plane Recording Geometry for Distributed-Volume Atmospheric Aberrations Matthias Banet, Mark Spencer, Robert Raynor, Dan Marker, Air Force Research Laboratory/RDLTS
Phased Beam Projection from Tiled-Aperture Systems in the Presence of Varying Spatial Coherence Colleen Gross, Mark Spencer, Daniel Cargill, Thomas Dolash, Air Force Research Laboratory
NPS SE and NAVAIR Point Mugu Near Maritime Atmospheric Optical Turbulence Measurement Technique Douglas Nelson, Naval Postgraduate School and Robi Garcia, NAVAIR
Evidence and Implications of Differences in Optical Turbulence Behavior on Opposite Coastal Environments PAPER ONLY William Bourque, Charles Nelson, US Naval Academy and Douglas Nelson, Naval Postgraduate School
Development of System Level Performance Requirements for Airborne High Energy Laser Weapon Systems in the Maritime Environment Nicholas Holman, Douglas Nelson, Naval Postgraduate School
Employment Session
Aero-Effects for Aircraft Laser Systems D.J. Wittich, AFRL/RDLTS
FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE
Free Space Optical Communications
A Teletenna Concept for Deep-Space Hybrid Optical and Microwave Communications Robert Romanofsky, NASA Glenn Research Center and Geoffrey Marks, Northrop Grumman Astro Aerospace and John Vayda, Adaptive Optics Associates-Xinetics, Inc.
An Economic Assessment of an Optical Array versus a Monolithic Telescope Ground Station for Deep-Space Communications Robert Romanofsky, NASA Glenn Research Center
Airborne Laser Communication System (ALCOS)Demonstration Program PAPER Lester Begg, David Robie, General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc.
HEL LETHALITY CONFERENCE
Lethality - Lethality Topics
Utilizing M&S in Support of HEL Lethality Testing for Specular Reflection and Hazard Prediction Richard Vickery, Semih Kumru, 711 HPW/RHDO
Solid State Laser Testbed Beam Diagnostics Charles Lamar, Nahim Flores, Army Test and Evaluation Command/ High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility
HEL SYSTEMS CONFERENCE
Atmospheric Propagation and Performance in Harsh Environments and Laser System Integration
Predictive Adaptive Optics Control with Aero-Optical Mitigation Adam Smith, David Goorskey, Jason Schmidt, Matthew Whiteley, MZA Associates Corporation
Status and Updates for the Advanced Beam Control Demonstration (ABCD) Jeffrey Barchers, Darren Forman, Deborah Tjin, Nutronics, Inc.
Power and Thermal Challenges in the Integration of Laser Weapon Systems for DoD Platforms Sean Ross, Air Force Research Laboratory/RDLA (SAF/AQR)
Major Beam Control Systems, Experiments, and Demonstrations
High Agility Beam Director Jeff Maloney, L3 - Brashear
Compact, Ruggedized Off-Axis Beam Expander Jeff Maloney, Bill Verbanets, Rob Sobek, Rich McAfee, Mark McEver, Gary Russak, Mike Paulauskas, Jon Edmondson, L3 - Brashear
Dynamic Acquisition For HEL Integration (DAFHI) Project - First Year Assessment and Findings Timothy Wolfe, Timothy Wolfe, James Lasche, Air Force Research Laboratory and Madison Cole, Monte Owens, Dr. Matt Whiteley, MZA
Dynamic Disturbances for Airborne Laser Beam Turrets Lawrence Sher, Wind Mountain Research Associates and V. Beazel, ATA Corp. and E. Ahn, AFRL/RDL
Development of Fast Adaptable Narrow Beam HEL Transmitter Anthony Valenzuela, Leonid Beresnev, Kristan Gurton,Tigran, Sanamyan, Chatt Williamson, US Army Research Laboratory
Evaluation of NIRU (Navigation-Capable Inertial Reference Unit) and IRU Even Threlkeld, Edwin Ahn, Air Force Research Laboratory and Paul Merritt, Schafer
Next-Generation Thermal Management Systems for Directed Energy Weapons John Durbin, Joe Marsala, Durbin Group
NON-LETHAL DE WEAPONS CONFERENCE
NLDEW Session
Status Update “High Power Density Solutions for Directed Energy Systems” Hernando Munevar, Candent Technologies Inc.
Toyon Research Corporation’s Compact Lightweight Modular Prime Power for Directed Energy Systems Eric Sandoz, Toyon Research Corp.
Next-Generation Compact Active Denial System Randy Woods, Naval Surface Warfare Center DD
Agile-Beam High-Power Microwave Antennas Enabled by Reconfigurable Metasurfaces Douglas Werner, Micah Gregory, Jeremy Bossard, Sawyer Campbell, John Easum, Danny Zhu, Daniel Binion, Ping Werner, Penn State University and Clint Scarborough, Jeremy Turpin, ExH, Inc. and Scott Griffiths, Matthew Ketner, Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD)
Improving Stability in DC Power Systems with Constant Power Loads Adam Mills, Naval Postgraduate School
High Energy Density Nanodielectric Capacitors for Directed Energy Systems Randy Curry, Alexander Howard, Barrett Lamb, Kenneth McDonald, Kevin A. O’Connor, Sarah Mounter, University of Missouri and Scott Griffiths, Joint Non-lethal Weapons Directorate
Compact High Power, NanoDielectric Microwave Antenna for Man Power Systems Randy Curry, Barrett Lamb, Kevin O’Connor, David Bryan, Justin Legarsky, Ken McDonald, Sarah Mounter, University of Missouri
Updates to Radiabeam High Power and Gain S-band and W-band Steerable Antennas Alexei Smirnov, Josiah Hartzell, Ronald Agustsson, Alexander Laurich, Radiabeam
SSADT Autonomous Module with Enhanced Electronic Steering Program Ken Brown, Raytheon Rancho Innovations
ULTRA SHORT PULSE LASERS CONFERENCE
USPL Session
Generation of High Power, Picosecond Mid-Infrared Pulses using Backwards Raman Amplification Luke Johnson, Dan Gordon, John Palastro, Bahman Hafizi, Naval Research Laboratory
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